Police say three others had been wounded within the southern port metropolis of Gqeberha and a manhunt for the perpetrators is below method.
Armed males opened fireplace on a bunch of individuals celebrating a birthday in a township in South Africa, killing eight and wounding three others, police say.
“The proprietor of the home was celebrating his birthday when two unknown gunmen entered the yard” on Sunday night within the southern port metropolis of Gqeberha, previously Port Elizabeth, “and began capturing on the visitors”, police mentioned in a press release on Monday.
The incident occurred between 5:15pm and 5:30pm native time (15:15-15:30 GMT) at a home in Kwazakele, police. Two assailants had been concerned within the capturing, authorities mentioned.
The unknown attackers “randomly shot at visitors”, police mentioned, including “eight folks died whereas three others are nonetheless preventing for his or her lives in hospital. The house owner is among the many deceased.”
An investigation has been launched into the assault, and police mentioned a manhunt for the perpetrators was below method.
Shootings are widespread in South Africa, which has one of many world’s highest homicide charges, fuelled by gang violence and alcohol.
South Africa final yr noticed a string of shootings that killed almost two dozen at separate bars in working-class suburbs in Johannesburg and within the japanese metropolis of Pietermaritzburg.